A History of Modern Computing (History of Computing)
 Amazon.com Review: This book delivers exactly what its title promises: a straightforward and comprehensive account of the electronic digital computer's first five decades. Starting with the historic ENIAC of 1945, Ceruzzi moves nimbly through one epochal [... more]
$21.95
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Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in ...
Amazon.com Review: The story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century is not only a history of its technology but a revelation of how that technology helped forge modern consciousness. The range of subjects includes the political [... more]
$19.95
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California: An Interpretive History
does "interpretive" mean neglectful? or just PC?: It is true that UC Berkeley is a top ranked school for History. Sadly, this UC Professor misses the mark. This interpretive history does do many aspects of California History justice, but it [... more]
$55.40
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Inventing the Internet (Inside Technology)
Amazon.com Review: History is written by winners, but Bill Gates isn't talking yet. Those interested in how this weird, wonderful World Wide Web--and its infrastructure--came to be should turn to historian Janet Abbate's look at 40 years of innovation in [... more]
$26.00
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The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1918
the book is a superb general cultural history of the period.: The book is a superb general cultural history of the turn of the century period that relates developments in culture and society to new technologies of transportation and communication. He [... more]
$19.95
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Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: From A.D. 300 ...
The most complete book of its kind: As a student in Professor Calkin's Medieval Architecture course at Cornell, I have found this book to be an invaluable resource. Professor Calkins has intimate knowledge of all of the buildings described, and the [... more]
$79.95
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An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France
Intense is good, Condensed is not: Clive Coates is a charming and often acerbic British writer who happily flaunts convention in his monthly wine newsletter by eschewing any form of number rating (no stars, no points, no grades). His ratings are terms [... more]
$65.00
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Salt: A World History
Worth its weight in salt.: For the longest time, history in the Western genre was defined in terms of heroes (and the occasional heroines) and their nemesis. This "great man" version of history glorified individuals like Churchill, Caesar, [... more]
$28.00
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Churchill: A Biography
Book Description: Winston Churchill is an icon of modern history, but even though he was at the forefront of the political scene for almost sixty years, he might be remembered only as a minor player in the drama of British government had it not been for [... more]
$40.00
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Fatale : How French Women Do It
Charming Little Read for Francophiles: This is a charming little tribute to the je-ne-sais-quoi of the French woman. It's sweet, fairly interesting and a lovely little read. Unfortunately, this books seems to be marketed as a How-to-Become-French Manual: [... more]
$14.95
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Changing Role of Information Warfare: The Changing Role ...
Amazon.com Review: The ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu once wrote about the "acme of skill" allowing generals to win wars without fighting. Perhaps he was referring to the 21st century: technological advances have made recent conflicts in [... more]
$65.00
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First Generations: Women in Colonial America
Amazon.com Review: This study of American women in the 17th and 18th centuries by historian Carol Berkin gives close attention to the lives of several women like Mary, who was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1622. She married another African, Antonio, [... more]
$16.00
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